---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Insurance Fraud Fund; frequency of assessments; reduce"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-1-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Special Insurance Fraud Fund, so as to reduce the frequency of assessments; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 893"
citation: "Georgia HB 893 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Darlene Taylor", "Eddie Lumsden", "Lee Hawkins", "Matthew Gambill", "Philip Singleton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211cb65b-9b5f-472b-8fd4-6cc49e4af227"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a864a19722bcc0553c0957c8298f5b17b0916558f2cdb16e3cfcd98906829031"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 893 (2019_20) — Special Insurance Fraud Fund; frequency of assessments; reduce

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-1-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Special Insurance Fraud Fund, so as to reduce the frequency of assessments; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 893/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195318.pdf)
2. **LC 46 0193/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189376.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-04** House Hopper
- **2020-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 407 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/211cb65b-9b5f-472b-8fd4-6cc49e4af227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).